Titans owner Darryl Kelly holds coach Garth Brennan to account
Titans co-owner Darryl Kelly has put the entire club on notice, warning “everyone will be judged on results” and telling coach Garth Brennan and culture boss Mal Meninga to “do their jobs”.
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Titans co-owner Darryl Kelly has put the entire club on notice, warning “everyone will be judged on results” and telling coach Garth Brennan and culture boss Mal Meninga to “do their jobs”.
Kelly said the club is underperforming and challenged the entire football department, including the playing group, to haul the Coast out of trouble — starting on Friday night against Manly in Sydney.
The Titans have crashed to second last with a 2-8 record and their performances have been so dismal, Kelly revealed the Gold Coast’s projected profit for the 2019 season is now hurtling towards another fiscal deficit.
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In November, the Titans trumpeted the arrival of Meninga as their new culture-and-performance boss.
But the Brennan-Meninga leadership alliance is now under the microscope amid fears the Titans coach could have his contract, which expires at the end of 2020, torn up this season if the club finishes in the bottom four.
Kelly is buoyant about the club’s off-field stability — he is presiding over the creation of a $25 million leagues club — but the business tycoon delivered a candid critique of the Titans’ on-field health.
Asked if Brennan must start performing to keep his job, Kelly was unequivocal.
“All I will say is everyone is judged on their results, there’s no doubt about that,” said Kelly, also a Titans director.
“The board has to make judgment on whether people beneath them are doing their jobs properly or not — that’s the truth of the matter.
“We all have our jobs to do, including myself, the board and the senior management.
“Off the field, we are in a better position than we have ever been. As a management team we are doing our job.
“With the football department, there are people employed to do their jobs, that’s what we expect and we will make judgments on them at the appropriate time.
“Whether it’s fair or not, we’re in this situation and those guys (Brennan and Meninga) are part of the football department.”
Underlining the impact of underperformance, Kelly revealed the string of defeats is putting pressure on the Titans’ bottom line.
“We were projecting a profit, but if the form of the side doesn’t pick up, we will record a loss,” Kelly.
“There was genuine expectations with the squad we had. We should be doing better than what we are — but I can’t control performance.
“The football department has to control performance. To be honest I don’t know what the answer is and I don’t know what the problem is.
“If someone can tell me, not only the problems, but the solutions, that would be great.
“I don’t have time to get more involved. I am investing a lot of energy into the development of our leagues club, I have other responsibilities for the Titans so it’s not appropriate for me to get involved in football matters.
“When the side isn’t winning, it makes it hard to turn a profit. But financially we are sound and we are investing a lot of money into building a leagues club so that the Titans have long-term stability moving forward.”
Originally published as Titans owner Darryl Kelly holds coach Garth Brennan to account
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